Confucius once famously proclaimed: “Three beings don’t get cold in winter: penguins, polar bears, and hoes.” How he knew about polar bears and penguins remains one of the great mysteries of ancient China, but he had a point.
The timelessness of his wisdom is proven every year during Halloween. Last year hundreds of short skirts braved a snowstorm—this year they might have to repeat that feat in a hurricane. Not as cold, but equally daunting.
Halloween is one of the main selling points of U.S. colleges to international students, who only know of it through myths and legends. This year Sandy might turn it into a massive wet T-shirt competition, only adding to the hype.
